diff --git a/fauna/encoding/decoder.py b/fauna/encoding/decoder.py
index 5e1d9426..0536be39 100644
--- a/fauna/encoding/decoder.py
+++ b/fauna/encoding/decoder.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+import base64
 from typing import Any, List, Union
 
 from iso8601 import parse_date
 
 from fauna.query.models import Module, DocumentReference, Document, NamedDocument, NamedDocumentReference, Page, \
-    NullDocument, StreamToken
+  NullDocument, StreamToken
 
 
 class FaunaDecoder:
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ class FaunaDecoder:
      +--------------------+---------------+
      | None               | null          |
      +--------------------+---------------+
+     | bytearray          | @bytes        |
+     +--------------------+---------------+
      | *DocumentReference | @ref          |
      +--------------------+---------------+
      | *Document          | @doc          |
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ def decode(obj: Any):
             - { "@mod": ... } decodes to a Module
             - { "@set": ... } decodes to a Page
             - { "@stream": ... } decodes to a StreamToken
+            - { "@bytes": ... } decodes to a bytearray
 
         :param obj: the object to decode
         """
@@ -103,6 +107,9 @@ def _decode_dict(dct: dict, escaped: bool):
         return parse_date(dct["@time"])
       if "@date" in dct:
         return parse_date(dct["@date"]).date()
+      if "@bytes" in dct:
+        bts = base64.b64decode(dct["@bytes"])
+        return bytearray(bts)
       if "@doc" in dct:
         value = dct["@doc"]
         if isinstance(value, str):
diff --git a/fauna/encoding/encoder.py b/fauna/encoding/encoder.py
index f2e12b85..bac96e93 100644
--- a/fauna/encoding/encoder.py
+++ b/fauna/encoding/encoder.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import base64
 from datetime import datetime, date
-from typing import Any, Optional, List
+from typing import Any, Optional, List, Union
 
 from fauna.query.models import DocumentReference, Module, Document, NamedDocument, NamedDocumentReference, NullDocument, StreamToken
 from fauna.query.query_builder import Query, Fragment, LiteralFragment, ValueFragment
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ class FaunaEncoder:
     +-------------------------------+---------------+
     | None                          | None          |
     +-------------------------------+---------------+
+    | bytes / bytearray             | @bytes        |
+    +-------------------------------+---------------+
     | *Document                     | @ref          |
     +-------------------------------+---------------+
     | *DocumentReference            | @ref          |
@@ -117,6 +120,10 @@ def from_datetime(obj: datetime):
   def from_date(obj: date):
     return {"@date": obj.isoformat()}
 
+  @staticmethod
+  def from_bytes(obj: Union[bytearray, bytes]):
+    return {"@bytes": base64.b64encode(obj).decode('ascii')}
+
   @staticmethod
   def from_doc_ref(obj: DocumentReference):
     return {"@ref": {"id": obj.id, "coll": FaunaEncoder.from_mod(obj.coll)}}
@@ -185,6 +192,8 @@ def _encode(o: Any, _markers: Optional[List] = None):
       return FaunaEncoder.from_datetime(o)
     elif isinstance(o, date):
       return FaunaEncoder.from_date(o)
+    elif isinstance(o, bytearray) or isinstance(o, bytes):
+      return FaunaEncoder.from_bytes(o)
     elif isinstance(o, Document):
       return FaunaEncoder.from_doc_ref(DocumentReference(o.coll, o.id))
     elif isinstance(o, NamedDocument):
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_data_type_roundtrips.py b/tests/integration/test_data_type_roundtrips.py
index 8943cafc..0a09e73c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_data_type_roundtrips.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_data_type_roundtrips.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import base64
 from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta
 
 from fauna import fql, Document, NamedDocument
@@ -79,3 +80,16 @@ def test_named_document_roundtrip(client, a_collection):
   assert type(test.data) == NamedDocument
   result = client.query(fql("${doc}", doc=test.data))
   assert test.data == result.data
+
+
+def test_bytes_roundtrip(client):
+  test_str = "This is a test string 🚀 with various characters: !@#$%^&*()_+=-`~[]{}|;:'\",./<>?"
+  test_bytearray = test_str.encode('utf-8')
+  test = client.query(fql("${bts}", bts=test_bytearray))
+  assert test.data == test_bytearray
+  assert test.data.decode('utf-8') == test_str
+
+  test_bytes = bytes(test_bytearray)
+  test = client.query(fql("${bts}", bts=test_bytes))
+  assert test.data == test_bytearray
+  assert test.data.decode('utf-8') == test_str
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_encoding.py b/tests/unit/test_encoding.py
index e54d29cb..2edcdb43 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_encoding.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_encoding.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import base64
 import re
 from datetime import date, datetime, timezone, timedelta
 from typing import Any
@@ -117,6 +118,25 @@ def test_encode_decode_primitives(subtests):
     assert test == decoded
 
 
+def test_encode_bytes(subtests):
+  test_str = "This is a test string 🚀 with various characters: !@#$%^&*()_+=-`~[]{}|;:'\",./<>?"
+  test_bytes = test_str.encode('utf-8')
+  test_b64_bytes = base64.b64encode(test_bytes)
+  test_b64_str = test_b64_bytes.decode('utf-8')
+
+  with subtests.test(msg="encode/decode bytes"):
+    encoded = FaunaEncoder.encode(test_bytes)
+    assert {"@bytes": test_b64_str} == encoded
+    decoded = FaunaDecoder.decode(encoded)
+    assert test_bytes == decoded
+
+  with subtests.test(msg="encode/decode bytearray"):
+    encoded = FaunaEncoder.encode(bytearray(test_bytes))
+    assert {"@bytes": test_b64_str} == encoded
+    decoded = FaunaDecoder.decode(encoded)
+    assert test_bytes == decoded
+
+
 def test_encode_dates_times(subtests):
   with subtests.test(msg="encode date into @date"):
     test = date(2023, 2, 28)